The psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, who attended Diego Armando Maradona recently, he signed a certificate certifying that his patient was “alert, oriented in person, time and space.” The information was incorporated into her medical history, but now it was discovered that the doctor had never reviewed the then DT of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata to make a similar statement.
Now, his judicial situation is complicated. Cosachov was charged with the crime of ideological falsehood, as reported to The nation qualified sources with access to the file.
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“The certificate was backdated. They asked for it one day, but Cosachov did it with a date prior to that request. Now it has been proven that the psychiatrist was not in Campos de Roca, one of Maradona’s last residences, the date that he set in the certificate “, explained the consulted sources.
The discovery about the falsity of Maradona’s health certificate came as part of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the world soccer star.
In the file, Cosachov and neurologist Leopoldo Luque are under suspicion and the working hypothesis of the Public Prosecutor’s Office is that behind Maradona’s death there was a situation of malpractice in the home stay.
Article 84 of the Penal Code provides for a penalty of between one and five years in prison for those who, through imprudence, negligence or lack of skill in their profession, cause another to die.
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To determine if there was a crime in the circumstances surrounding Maradona’s death, which occurred on November 25, San Isidro’s attorney general, John Broyad, coordinates a special team of investigators, made up of his two deputies, Cosme Iribarren and Patricio Ferrari, and the Benavídez prosecutor, Laura Capra.
According to the information that the investigators were able to reconstruct from the analysis of Cosachov’s cell phone and from other evidence gathered in the file, on October 26, a person (whose identity they prefer to preserve) asked the psychiatrist for a certificate on the health of Maradona. A day later, the professional sent her interlocutor the certificate dated the 20th of that month.
The psychiatrist made a manual certificate on a prescription sheet and then also entered the report in the medical record digitally.
“At the time of the evaluation, the patient is alert, oriented in person, time and space. In good general hygiene conditions,” the doctor wrote in handwriting. The recipe stated that it was last October 20.
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In the report that she made digitally, also dated October 20, the professional wrote, among other things: “The patient goes to the home. An interview is held with him. There is a persistent complaint regarding sleep. I agree to continue adjusting the medication. At the time of the interview, [lo] evaluates vigil, in good hygienic conditions and general appearance, oriented in three areas.
The crime of ideological falsehood, contemplated in article 293 of the Penal Code, provides a penalty of one to six years in prison for anyone who “inserts or causes to insert false statements in a public instrument, concerning a fact that the document must prove, of so that damage may result. “
Sources of the case cited by the Télam news agency explained: “The most curious thing is that in the period from October 21 to 27 we have messages and dialogues in which the psychiatrist makes it clear that Maradona’s state of mental health was not what stated in the document “.
In an interview with the program La Otra Vuelta, on LN +, Cosachov’s lawyer, Vadim Mischanchuk, said: “There is no falsehood in that record. It is not a fake document. I can assure you that what she wrote down is what she He considered what was happening. I am not struck by the fact that there is no proof of his presence at home [de su paciente]This year, telemedicine consultations were inhabited in Argentina and a lot of consultations were made in a non-face-to-face way and that is authorized by law “.
In the judicial file, the falsification of Maradona’s signature had already been verified in a document authorizing Luque to withdraw the clinical history of the 10 from a health center.
Maradona moved into a house in the private Campo de Roca II neighborhood, located in Brandsen, last July. He lived in that building until last November 2, when he was transferred to the Ipensa clinic in La Plata. A day later, he was operated on at the Olivos Clinic for a subdural hematoma on his head.
On November 12, Maradona left the Olivos Clinic and went to a rented house in the San Andrés neighborhood, in Tigre, where he died 13 days later.
Before Diego left the health center, a document signed by Luque, two of Diego’s daughters, Gianinna and Jana, and the medical director of the Olivos Clinic health center, Pablo Dimitroff, was signed, stating that Maradona did not He had a medical discharge, but an external discharge and that Swiss Medical had proposed to continue with a psychiatric, clinical and rehabilitation and toxicological treatment under the modality of hospitalization in a rehabilitation center.
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In one of the paragraphs, Luque and Cosachov were defined as the “treating medical team” and it was argued that the professionals “prescribed, and the family accepted, the follow-up and home medical care of the patient”, and requested Swiss Medical to accompany them with care nursing homes and therapeutic accompaniment “.
“The medical follow-up is in charge of the treating medical team and the professionals chosen by the patient and his family, outside of Swiss Medical,” it was stated in one of the final paragraphs, essential lines for the researchers where Luque’s responsibility would be credited and the psychiatrist.
Gabriel of NicolaThe Nation (Argentina)
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